Massoud Eskandari raised to 70,000 from under the gun, and Gavin O'Rourke, who was next to act, three-bet to 225,000. Eskandari called.
The flop came , and Eskandari checked. O'Rourke bet 160,000, and after a few moments of consideration, Eskandari folded. O'Rourke took the pot, and it was enough to put him over the 2,500,000-chip mark.
Sebastian Pauli raised to 70,000 from the hijack, the small blind called, and the big blind called, as well.
The three players saw a flop of , and both blinds checked. Pauli bet 60,000, the small blind called, and the big blind folded.
The turn brought the and the small blind checked. Pauli bet again —215,000 this time. After some thought, the small blind folded, and Pauli stacked the chips.
With about 100,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Matthew Davenport and Robert Hankins were heads-up with Davenport first to act. He bet 80,000, and Hankins moved all in to put Davenport to a decision for his stack. In fairly short order, Davenport called, and the two players tabled their hands.
Hankins held for a pair of jacks, but Davenport had the lead with . The turn and river changed nothing, and Davenport doubled up.